Most Reverend Gregory J. Studerus, E.V.

Thttps://rcan.org/bishop-studerus/he son of the late John A. Studerus and Ann Rita Davis, Bishop Gregory J. Studerus was born on March 31, 1948, in Orange, New Jersey. He was raised in West Orange and has spent nearly four decades as an archdiocesan priest serving in Hudson County.

Bishop Studerus attended elementary and high school at Our Lady of the Valley in Orange before pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Montclair State College. He served in the National Guard while pursuing a successful career as an artist, teacher, and owner of an art gallery and workshop. After receiving his Master of Divinity degree, he was ordained a priest on May 31, 1980, and assigned as parochial vicar to St. Aloysius Parish in Jersey City.

While at St. Aloysius Parish, Bishop Studerus organized youth programs and had opportunities to study Spanish in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. This allowed for a lifelong ministry in our Archdiocese to the Spanish-speaking population that continues to this day. From 1990 to 1997, he served as pastor of St. Bridget Parish in Jersey City. During this time, he served on the Archdiocesan Presbyteral Council and was named Dean of the Jersey City Downtown Deanery, a position he would hold again from 2002 to 2005. In 1997, he was the founding pastor of Parish of Resurrection, which included the former parishes of St. Boniface, St. Bridget, St. Mary, St. Michael, and St. Peter.

Since 2005, Bishop Studerus has served as pastor of St. Joseph of the Palisades in West New York, the largest Hispanic parish of the Archdiocese and among the largest overall. In 2005, he was named Chaplain to His Holiness by Pope Benedict XVI. From 2013 to 2016, he served as Dean of North Hudson Deanery 8, and in 2015, he was appointed Episcopal Vicar of Hudson County.

On February 27, 2020, His Holiness, Pope Francis named Reverend Monsignor Gregory Studerus to serve as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark.

He has continued his work in Hudson County at the direction of Cardinal Tobin visiting and supporting the work of the priests and parish communities of the county that has been his home for many years.